Broken Hill

American  

noun

1. a city in western New South Wales, in southeast Australia: mining center.

2. former name of Kabwe.

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Broken Hill British  

noun

1. a town in SE Australia, in W New South Wales: mining centre for lead, silver, and zinc. Pop: 19 834 (2001)

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Example Sentences

Kabwe 1, or Broken Hill Man, is one of the most significant human fossils ever found - and has been in the Natural History Museum in London since 1921, when it was discovered.

From BBC • Feb. 9, 2026

In April, the regional airline had reduced or changed flight times for nine services across four states, including routes between Sydney and Broken Hill, Melbourne and Wagga Wagga, and Adelaide and Port Lincoln.

From Reuters • Sep. 22, 2023

But then Broken Hill reported a few coronavirus cases, and the border bubble burst.

From Washington Post • Sep. 21, 2021

With his cast in place, Miller set a late-2010 shoot in Broken Hill, Australia, the desert mining town where he had filmed the first two “Mad Max” movies.

From New York Times • May 12, 2020

You might starve working on Mount Morgan or Broken Hill with a pick and pannikin, though on an alluvial your pick and pannikin would be all you needed.

From The Workingman's Paradise An Australian Labour Novel by Miller, John Maurice